PR: 6 Hour Gelato

The Challenge: Create a beautiful dress inspired by a flavor (and color) of gelato in 6 hours.

Yep. SIX. HOURS.

Most of the designers are freaking out right about now.

Some of them criticize others who choose simpler designs to execute. If you can make it gorgeous in 6 hours and its simple vs. poorly constructed and intricate.. what would you choose to show Diane Von Furstenberg?

Haters…

Anyways, the designers get to shop at “Mini Mood” a room full of fabrics that they’ve brought into the workroom so the designers don’t have to waste any of their precious 6 hours on a trip there. This is unfortunate for some of the designers because given a wider choice of fabric, they may have been better able to execute their designs.

What it comes down to is that a 6-hour challenge is not all that great an idea. The designers don’t have time to show the judges their most creative work but rather what they can grind out in a short amount of time. Most of the designers insist that it is impossible to make anything in 6 hours including leggings. Hmmm.. I don’t buy that one. Michael is unfazed because he ‘frequently works with clients who want garments in 45 minutes.’ I don’t know if I buy that one either BUT he does manage to get something happening on the dress form quickly, amidst more barbs from the haters in the workroom.

I expect a rather awful and awkward team challenge pairing of Jerrel and Michael in the near future….

When Joanna arrives she brings a little cup of gelato to each designer so they get a reminder of their flavor (and a well-deserved treat!) Her visits with each designer seem more like tests of their potential as guest editor of Marie Claire than insights into the designs they are working on.